A new Star Wars fan poster imagines what a duel between Darth Maul and Darth Vader would look like. Vader has been an iconic villain ever since George Lucas’ Star Wars hit theaters in 1977. Darth Maul, on the other hand, appeared 22 years later in Lucas’ first prequel, Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace. Despite his demise in his debut film, Maul quickly became a fan favorite Sith and has since appeared in the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels before making his live-action return at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
While Darth Vader and Darth Maul have never met on the big screen, Anakin Skywalker did have a run-in with Maul before he turned to the dark side. After Palpatine takes on Darth Maul as his apprentice, Maul tracks Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn on Tattooine, where Qui-Gon discovers Anakin had the highest midi-chlorian count he had ever seen. As they rush back to their ship, Maul flys in on The Bloodfin and attacks Qui-Gon, marking the first lightsaber duel in the prequel trilogy. With Anakin turning into one of the most powerful Sith Lords ever after becoming Palpatine’s apprentice, many have wondered if Maul would have ever stood a chance against him.
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Now, a fan poster from tilian_creative imagines what a fight between Darth Maul and Darth Vader could look like. Darth Vader appears to be using the Force as Maul jumps towards him with his iconic double-bladed lightsaber. The artist himself thinks Vader would win the fight but created the piece after wondering what would happen if Anakin faced Qui-Gon Jinn's killer. Tilian_creative's original post can be seen below:
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